MRC: 62% of Gov’t Employees Among Top 3 Income Deciles

Majlis Research Center, the research arm of Iranian Parliament, cast serious doubt over a 25% pay increase for civil servants proposed by the government in the budget bill for the next fiscal year (March 2021-22). 
Data regarding household income and expenditure in the year ending March 2020 show around 80% of government workers fall in top five income deciles and 60% in top three deciles, MRC said in a recent report. 
“The fierce competition for grabbing positions at governmental organizations is a testament to this fact. Statistics also show 80% of families with government employee as the head of the household own a car whereas the ratio stands at less than 45% for other families,” the report said.